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    The Benefits of Having Children

    Man is the only creation that received God's breath and is created in God's image, along with that comes Man's desire to create in his own image. Bearing children is the closest a man can come to being God.
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    Burning out every pipe I own

    My favorite way to break in a pipe is take some excessively dry Burley (e.g. Five Brothers) and smoke just a quarter bowl of it to make sure 99% of the leaf burns down, then mix some water (I spit on my thumb) with the ash and swirl it around the bowl My thumb comes out black and my briar bowl...
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    Covid Taste & Smell Recovery

    Might sound like a funny recovery strategy for your sense of smell but doing cardio helps all bodily tissue recover faster from injury (high blood flow = more oxygen to cells = faster recovery). That and if I just wanted to improve my sensitivity to smell then spending time outside in fresh air...
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    First Tooth Ache

    I have no experience but my brother finally got a root canal after years of living with a rotting tooth and to my knowledge he's happy with it. When I started researching long term tooth care (just out of curiosity as I got older) I was impressed with the dental implants made by the company...
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    Opening the Draw - Drill Bit Size

    I cannot fathom how we live in a world where these tools exist and yet the vast majority of high end pipes still ship with a narrow and restrictive slot.
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    What Pipe Brand Don’t You Own But Want To?

    Off the top of my head the obvious choice is Castello, one of the only brands on the market that drills an open and easy draw stem. Problem is they've garnered such a reputation that Castello is the new Dunhill and the idea of spending that much money on a pipe with just an oversize factory air...
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    Blasphemy for a Churchwarden

    I am mortified.
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    Best Star Trek Film

    Objectively it's Undiscovered Country but I'me also very partial to Wrath of Khan. And since I grew up with TNG that means First Contact gets third place.
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    Cracked Bowl, Worth Trying to Fix?

    Ironically the broken pipe aesthetic is the entire principle behind "Rusticated" pipe finishing. You could embellish the crack with some carving, or give it a sandblast to hide the crack with rough texture. As a last resort many pipe companies have a line of pipes with a painted finish at which...
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    Cracked Bowl, Worth Trying to Fix?

    You could make a pipe out of just about anything as long as there's a layer of pipe mud coating the bowl. The only reason to avoid the pipe is if you think it's ugly.
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    Beat the Gurgling!! Here's how . . . . .

    I use aquarium pellets: Amazon.com - https://www.amazon.com/Acurel-LLC-Economy-Activated-Pellets/dp/B000YIWT0M/ Talking about putting a ring in the bowl reminds me of the Falcon pipe: Falcon Pipes - Tobacco Pipes from GQ Tobaccos - https://www.gqtobaccos.com/falcon-metal-pipes
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    I'm Bloody Livid: Amazon Refuse to Sell Me a Set of Kitchen Knives.

    Hate to say it but part of good parenting in the modern era is getting kids a credit score. All the backlash against DEBT is very healthy, but if you don't live in Japan then holding a credit card is almost as important as a driver's licence.
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    My Lent Regret

    I keep buying Whiskey but I treat it like medicine and therefore I never remember to drink it. (Apparently there are some health benefits to consuming alcohol in very small amounts.)
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    "Ships From And Sold By Amazon" Buyer Beware

    I'm just trying to figure out what the heck is going on and keep a public record of it because this all totally new and probably insanely confusing for everyone.
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    "Ships From And Sold By Amazon" Buyer Beware

    Interesting followup, Amazon says they've verified the cards were genuine and removed my review on their website which speculated the cards were fake, so assuming everything is square then the Samsung cards genuinely do not work correctly in many devices. And the rabbit hole goes deeper...
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    "Ships From And Sold By Amazon" Buyer Beware

    Ultimately, whether or not my card reader is compatible is actually irrelevant because the card is also barely compatible with my mobile device, so the theoretical benchmarks are really a moot point, the card functions poorly in its intended application.
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    I've Got Friends in Low Places

    I have a few packs of Toscano cigars stashed and given how many recommendations they've received in this thread I'm starting to dread the idea of trying one because it might make my horde of pipes obsolete.
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    I've Got Friends in Low Places

    Every time I find the best of something I am driven to find its low cost equivalent. Very few products have ever been made where a top of the line example isn't matched or exceeded by a competitor at a fraction of the price. To use the ubiquitous car analogy, the Nissan R35 GT-R became one of...
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    "Ships From And Sold By Amazon" Buyer Beware

    This is actually backwards to what Volkswagen was doing. VW was giving everyone the absolute best performance by skirting regulations, the cars that broke regulations were actually producing less Co2 by being overall more efficient cars. Emissions regulations make your engine less efficient...
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    "Ships From And Sold By Amazon" Buyer Beware

    20K reviews on Amazon.com but I only see 3 benchmarks posted, and one of those reports reduced read speed. If we had 20K benchmarks it's anyones guess what the split of positive/negative would be. The worst case would be if everything is legitimate and the cards I bought are both fully...
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